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Service bulletin TB-23-15-02

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10058591
Published by NHTSA2015-10-16
Manufacturer's numberTB-23-15-02
Manufacturer's date2015-06-24
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IS ON AND ROUGH RUNNING, AND FAILS TO START ON SOME VEHICLES, NO ROOT CAUSE FOUND, CHECK FOR METALLIC PARTICLES IN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. MODEL 2009-12 TOUAREG, PASSAT. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V3090002017-05-11. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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